Friday, March 9, 2012

When we got chickens to celebrate our wedding anniversary, I shared the insanity with you. Then we decided we weren't nearly nutty enough and went back to get two more. Because if we go all crazy suburban chicken farmer, we might as well do it full force -- I'm not a fan of doing things halfway.

So now I've got five chickens in my basement. Cheeto, Woodpecker, Lumpy, Rosie and Posie.

You can see in the last photo that they're bigger and are feathering out now; they will flap their surprisingly large wings and try to fly, even. They're in chicken puberty. Teenaged chickens are crazy ugly, guys... and they're about to hit a growth spurt and get all gangly and awkward. It's a good thing they don't get acne and start slamming doors, because I'd be all, "game over, chickens."

We're making slow progress on the coop, but it's still pretty chilly here (it snowed this week even) and Mike works a full-time job (which seriously cramps my style sometimes). Hopefully this weekend we'll get the framing sorted out.

I've been meaning to ask you guys:should I keep my chicken escapades to myself because I'm going through a weird, out-of-character farmer phase? Or are you interested in an occasional post following the coop building process (it is technically DIY and sort of home-related... do chicken homes count?) and watching the chickens grow?

Have a happy weekend! If you need me I'll be over here in my overalls with a pitchfork, herding farm animals.

I feel somewhat guilty about my lack of chicken blog posts (not to mention the entire lack of posting on my blog), so please, post about your chickens. We just got a new one and I don't think she even showed up on facebook!

I, for one, love the chicken posts. We had ducks in Logan, and I absolutely can't wait to be somewhere that we can have them again. Or, in case we move out into the country, we'll have free range chickens as they help keep the snakes away!

You are funny! I don't mind an occasional update on the chickies growth etc...We are weird too..My husband thought it would be special to get me 2 peahens for my Birthday 2 years ago. (I guess I had mentioned liking them at one time,) so he surprised me. Believe me, it was a SURPRISE!! I didn't know what to say, as he and my kids worked for months on KSL.COM finding them. Their names are Fern and Lily. Oh, did I forget to mention, we live in the city.

Oh heavens, everyone LOVES chicken posts..they are so adorable. You really should check out Karen's chicken blog posts on The Art of Doing Stuff..hilarious. She was right where you are now last year..her coop is fabulous, she built it herself for Norma, Cuddles, Walnut and friends.

I'd love to see your chicken-related posts. I'm always looking for new ideas for making my chickens' lives better, and for finding useful things to do with them in the yard and garden. Have fun, and keep the updates coming :)

I think the suburban chicken thing is happening everywhere. My good friend has 5 chickens. I swear they are the best tasting eggs EVER! They are a lot of work but the coop is so dang cute - i love it! I hope you post more about this - I think it's cool to see more of this kind of stuff happening in suburbia!